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This Week, We Are All Bulldogs! Good Luck from the College of Coastal Georgia Mariners Community Life showcases WEDNESDAY Isles pro among golfers the people you know starting strong on PGA Tour Inside Life, 2B Sports, 9A St. Simons Island pro Hudson The Voice of the Coast Volume 113, Number 41 Swafford www.TheBrunswickNews.com OCtobER 29, 2014 39¢ or less home delivery • 75¢ newsstand IN THE STATE GLYNN COUNTY CAMDEN COUNTY STATESBORO: Fugitive banker caught in Glynn BRUNSWICK: Humane Society waiving pet KINGSLAND: Traveling art exhibit featuring County sentenced to 30 years in prison, 4A adoption fees from Thursday to Saturday, 2A Georgia artists goes on display, 2A DAYBREAK Isles gets Your day in Brunswick and the Golden Isles The weather ready for HIGH 83 LOW Halloween 62 More sun in store for Georgia coast Police offer tips for The string of sunny days will safe trick-or-treating continue with a few clouds. Tides and five-day forecast, By MICHAEL HALL back of this section The Brunswick News Online help Glynn County citizens beware. You may be greet- ed by a ghastly group of ghoulish characters Friday Get prepared for as ghosts and goblins go door to door looking for Georgia-Florida game candy. To ensure the brigade of costumed children remain safe during their annual search for sugary treats, po- Find information on traffic Michael Hall/The Brunswick News photos and other Georgia-Florida lice offer a few tips trick-or-treaters and their parents Claude Caler gets one of his racing pigeons, shown below, out of one of four pigeon lofts at his Glynn County home should keep in mind. game day info from the Monday. Caler is a member of the South Georgia Flyers pigeon racing club. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Although there is no official start or end time for online at www.thebrunswick- trick-a-treating in the Golden Isles, Glynn County news.com. Police Chief Matt Doering said it is best for families to stop going door-to-door Poll question FLYING when it gets dark, which will be around 7:30 p.m. to “Don’t 8 p.m. What should county “Stop at dark and don’t go forget the do with old jail? past 10 p.m.,” Doering said. age-old rule HIGH Parents should stay with A consultant hired by their children at all times, of checking Glynn County says the old Doering said. your child’s detention center on U.S. 341 Pigeon racing It is also important to stay close to downtown should be out of the road, he added. candy before razed. You think: “If you see a car approach- a serious hobby ing, get out of the street and allowing stay still,” Doering said. them to eat for local group Brunswick Police Capt. Kevin Jones gave the same it.” advice because children — Glynn County By MICHAEL HALL with candy on their minds Sheriff Neil Jump The Brunswick News may be quick to forget the rules of safety. That is why ome people take up woodworking in he said parents of young 74% Tear it down their free time. Others get into garden- children should pay particularly close attention and build a new Sing. while trick-or-treating. county office The six members of the Glynn Coun- Although he suggested being back home by dark, facility ty-based South Georgia Flyers race pigeons. Jones said being prepared for being out later is al- “It’s a hobby, like some people play golf Renovate it for ways a good idea. 14% county offices or fish,” said Riley Roberts Jr., president of “If you are out after dark, make sure you have the flyers club. bright colored, reflective clothing and carry a flash- Tear it down Flanked by the four pigeon lofts at the light with you,” Jones said. 6% house of club secretary Claude Caler, tucked He said pedestrians should be careful when cross- and use the Riley Roberts, left, site for addi- away at the end of a private drive not far ing streets and motorists should keep a keen eye out shows the wing of a tional parking from Interstate 95, Roberts, Caler and club for children. members Kevin Williamson and Lester racing pigeon Monday Glynn County Sheriff Neal Jump suggested par- 6% Tear it down Allen examined Caler’s meticulously built at the home of a ents establish a meeting location in their neighbor- and turn the coops. fellow member of the hood should they become separated from their chil- site into a “That’s a nice one,” Roberts said, pointing South Georgia Flyers public park dren. to the wood structure with a pitched metal pigeon racing club. “And of course, don’t forget the age-old rule of Cast your vote online at roof and wrapped in chicken wire. Above, Caler shows checking your child’s candy before allowing them www.thebrunswicknews. the bands identifying com. You do not have to be Please see PIGEONS, 5A one of his pigeons. Please see HALLOWEEN, 5A a subscriber to vote. Inside The News 2 sections/ 26 pages Brunswick begins study on stormwater utility Advice 3B Lotteries 3A Classified 8B News 7-8A, 13A By KELLY QUIMBY city’s drainage network, which is in need In July, the city announced it had re- repairs on the city’s aging system. Comics 7B Obituaries 4A The Brunswick News of a repair and general maintenance. The ceived an $80,000 Coastal Incentive Grant The process will span two years, with Crossword 7B Sports 9-12A city is looking for a way to pay for the sys- from the Georgia Department of Natural data collection making up the bulk of the Editorial 6A State 3A Brunswick is in the process of determin- tem’s upkeep. Resources. The grant requires an $80,000 first year. During the second year, city staff Graham 6A Sudoku 7B ing whether residents and businesses in the City staff is in the middle of mapping match — $26,000 in cash and $54,000 in will consult with the public on potential Local 2-4A Television 6B city will pay an all-new tax that’s based Brunswick’s entire stormwater system, part in-kind services — from the city. ways of funding the system. on the amount property that won’t absorb of a two-year effort to determine whether The grant is to study the feasibility of City Engineer Dan McFee said his rainwater. the city should begin charging its residents forming a stormwater utility in Brunswick, 6 5652510471 8 Rain that is not absorbed runs into the a stormwater fee. a way of funding regular maintenance and Please see STORMWATER, 5A This week, we are all Bulldogs! Good Luck from the College of Coastal Georgia Mariners www.ccga.edu Call 265-1104 for convenient home delivery Wednesday October 29, 2014 Local & State 2A The Brunswick News CRIMEScene Gas Society waiving pet adoption fees Fuel taken By LINDSEY ADKISON Find out more tham County Humane Society like so we want to bring atten- Buddy The Brunswick News is a dear friend of mine and I tion to them too,” she said. $ 81 Find out more about the said ‘do this with me,’” he said. Of course, before adopting a from three 2 Now is the perfect time to add adoption fee waiver program “We’re actually both doing some pet, people are encouraged to a dog or cat to the family house- by contacting the Humane painting and cleaning so we de- think long and hard about the CHEAPEST hold. Society of South Coastal cided to do this as a cross pro- commitment they are about to trucks reported price in The Humane Society of South Georgia, 4627 U.S. 17 N, motion.” make. McClain also suggests Among reports filed with Coastal Georgia is waiving Brunswick, at 264-6246. Both shelters are trying to get bringing existing pets to the police: THE GOLDEN ISLES all adoption fees for pets from as many animals adopted before shelter during a pre-adoption Theft at press time. Thursday to Saturday. they begin the process of clean- visit to ensure compatibility. • Business in the 3500 Typically, the shelter charges are roughly 4,000 homeless ani- ing and painting. “We encourage anyone look- block of U.S. 17, Glynn Coun- Go to $100 for dogs, $125 for puppies mals in Glynn County annually. Ashley McClain, development ing to adopt pets with pets al- ty: An employee reported that and $75 for cats and kittens. “There is a huge overpopula- manager, says the goal is to ready at home, especially dogs, about 80 gallons of fuel had thebrunswicknews.com All of the animals eligible for tion problem in Southeast Geor- have all animals adopted before to bring them up here for a meet been stolen from three different for the latest prices. adoption are up-to-date on vac- gia, and it’s because people ar- repairs begin. And if that hap- and greet. They will also have trucks owned by the business cinations and exams. They have en’t spaying and neutering their pened, the center could bring in to go through regular adoption some time in the previous two been microchipped and checked pets at the rate they should be,” nearly 100 new animals after the process — fill out an application weeks. for heart worms and serious Salsbury said. work is done. and have it approved by staff • 200 block of May Road, illnesses. All also have been He says Glynn County Animal “We could save so many more member,” she said. Glynn County: A man reported spayed or neutered. Services takes in about 3,000 lives,” she said.
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